publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
printing; impression; issue
third day of the month; three days
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
highest grade; superlative degree
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
to be too numerous; to be too much
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
interruption; suspension; break
without cause; without reason
finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
to stop talking; to be silent
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae